Houston's comeback church

March 29, 2013 |Compiled by chron.com

Members of the city's first Lutheran church head back to the sanctuary nearly 18 months after a fire

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Congregation member Damon Capps prepares barbecue for the church’s weekly Jesus 101 lunches in an effort to lure students from Houston Community College across the street. The congregation also shares its church complex with a variety of compatible congregations: Missio Dei Anglicans; Mosaic, a ministry to the homeless; and Ethiopian-immigrant Lutherans, whose hymns in the Oromo language last 15 minutes apiece.

Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle

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Congregation member Damon Capps prepares barbecue for the church’s weekly Jesus 101 lunches in an effort to lure students from Houston Community College across the street. The congregation also shares its church complex with a variety of compatible congregations: Missio Dei Anglicans; Mosaic, a ministry to the homeless; and Ethiopian-immigrant Lutherans, whose hymns in the Oromo language last 15 minutes apiece.